Will Atlas, District 8

Will is somewhat shorter than the average bloke, about 5'7", although he is closer to 5'8" in the mornings. He tends to have a slightly slouched posture, making him look shorter than he actually is. His newspaper boy-styled hat covers his messy, ash colored hair that falls past his eyes, which are the color of a cloudy afternoon. Most of the time, his mouth is in a slight frown, and his eyebrows tend to be curved in an upward position, causing him to look very worried, which he normally is.

He's much stronger than he looks, which surprises many fellow factory workers when he can beat about half of them in an arm wrestling match. Will has a long scar on his back and left shoulder, which hardly anyone sees due to the fact that he always covers it up. He got this scar from his father, who once slashed him with a broken wine bottle.

To be quite honest, Will is antisocial. He strays away from others, and lets few people get to know him well. He rarely speaks to people that he hasn't met, other than the polite "hello" and such. He is rather generous though, and when possible gives children less fortunate some food, though he does this discreetly, for who knows how many starving people would mob him.

The people who know Will well know him as a determined individual who has a creative imagination. He's able to weave stories from midair just to entertain a child, or to make one feel better. He has a dry sense of humor, but when people are able to understand when he's joking, they know that they're close to him.

Will can be pretty violent, his views on many solutions to problems include injuring the intended person. This trait, added to his impulsiveness, can lead to him coming home often with black eyes and such. He fears that if others see him as weak, he and his family won't survive.

Will lived in a tenement-style home with his father and mother, His dad was an alcoholic, swore and beat his wife regularly. When Will was 6, his dad was found dead in the middle of the street, having died due to alcohol poisoning. Living off one small salary, Will and his mother lived in poverty, until the age when Will was able to sign up for tesserae.

He took a job in the main clothes factory located in the district, where he was forced to endure long hours of work with little pay. However, Will was able to meet a few friends that he knows will be able to help him out whenever he may need it.

When he was thirteen, Will realized that he may have feeling for both males and females. Of course, living in the kind of environment where being different means injury, or worse, he hasn't told anyone as of late. But due to his troubles, he developed insomnia, and often stays up all night, worrying about what is to come.